Actually, that's not entirely true. If the R word is absent when a canned cycle is specified it generates an alarm. If the canned cycle word is absent the Z word is assumed as absolute regardless of the R word. Since Z zero is usually the center of the pallet that will usually put the tool thru the part. Or at least try. Not much cutting action will take place, just crunching.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Benz H. Babecki Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 9:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; SmartCAM User Group Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] R levels CRASH! been there done that! Benz -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Morris Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 9:02 AM To: 'SmartCAM User Group' Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] R levels Just a thought, if the machines do in fact default to R.1, how do they behave if the R value is absent (ie. other words if you completely eliminate the R value from the output)? If it still goes to .1 then it seems you could just put some logic in your .tmp to test for R values greater than .1 and only output them if the a particular situation warrants. John -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:31 AM To: JNB; SmartCAM User Group Subject: Re: [mfg-smartcam] R levels At 07:49 PM 3/30/2004 -0800, JNB wrote: >Hello group, > >Am I missing something? Why would you want to have an R level of 0.0 on >any tool? >This leaves no room for error when the operator decides to adjust the >depth .050. >Drill's don't like slamming into the part before the cut. >I do programs with over 60 tools and many differant R levels and don't >have a problem with it. >Is this a new practice that I've not heard of in my 25 years of machining? > >Jeff Jeff, Our Cincinnati's with 850 and 950 controllers have a default R Plane of 0.1000 on all the drill cycles. 98% of our machines are Cinci's. We are just trying to speed up some of the drilling cycles. Since we do a lot of the same parts and we usually have 4 or more drilling cycles and anywhere from 5 to 40 drill cycles per machine cycle, we can save a little time. Is it worth it? I can't really say, but this is what the company and some of the operators want so I have to conform my programming habits to appease everyone. Personally I can't see it saving a whole lot of time. I hope this clarifies everything. Kevin Clark Programmer Abbott Workholding Inc. ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================================================== ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================================================== ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================================================== ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
